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L. E. EVANS.

WIRE BALE TIE. No. 299,064 Patented May 20, 1884.

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LEMUEE E. EVANS, OF EAST ORANGE, NEIV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES G. PATTERSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WIRE BALE-TIE.

EPECIEICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,064, dated May 20, 1884.

Application filed April 16, 1884-. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEMUEL E. EVANS, of

East Orange, in the county of Essex, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement inWVire Bale-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of baleties consisting of a wire band, one end of which is bent to form an eye, while the other end is straight and is adapted to be tied or twisted with the eye, when the whole is applied to secure bales of hay, cotton, or other similar material.

In all bale-ties of this description hereto- I 5 fore made and known to me that portion of the wire forming the eye has either been made single, and hence the eye is comparatively weak, or the wire is doubled and bent back upon itself and secured by twisting, thereby 2o requiring the use of more wire and increasing the weight of the band.

The object of my invention is to increase the strength of the eye without materially adding to its weight or cost.

It consists of a wire band having one end doubled or bent upon itself to form a loop, and then bent again upon itself in such a manner that the loop first formed will include the two strands of wire within it to form the fastening-eye.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, similar letters of reference indicate like parts, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my improved tie.

Fig. 2 is a view of the same from above. Fig. 3 is also a side view illustrating one method of securing the free or straight end of the band with the eye.

A and 13 represent the end of the band. The

end A, which is the end that is twisted to secure the tie, is formed substantially straight, while on the other end, B, Ifornrthe eye 0, as shown in the drawings. The eye 0 can be formed in several different ways, as by first 5 bending the wire upon itself to form a loop, D, and then bending the double strand in a circular direction and passing the ends of the wires through the eye of the loop, securing by bending the two strands partially backward to form a socket or shoulder, in which the. eye

of the loop rests, and against which it bears, and finally twisting the wire together. This means of forming the eye I have found, however, to be inconvenient in practice, and the method I prefer to use consists in first doubling the wire upon itself to form the loop D, the sides of which are parallel to each other, and lie in the same plane. I then bend the loop backward upon itself in such a manner that its end or eye shall lie over the double strands of wire, and then twisting the two loops E F thus formed in a direction away from each other, each describing a half-circle. Thus those portions of wire which previous to the twist formed the upper sides of the small loops have their positions reversed, coming below the result of the bendings, as described, being to bring the two strands of wire within the loop, and to form the eye 0, as shown in the drawings. The strands beyond the eye are given a partial bend to form the socket or shoulder G, in which the eye of theloop rests, and against which it bears under strain. The strands are finally twisted to secure.

I do not limit myself to any particular method of forming the eye so long as the result of the operation shall produce an eye on the end of a bale-band substantially similar to that shown in the drawings.

In fastening the band around a package of hay, cotton, or other material, the free end of the band A is passed through the eye 0 and secured by a partial twist, as shown at H, Figs. 1 and 2; or the free end of the band may be secured, as shown in Fig. 3, by twisting the end A, after passing through the eye, around the end of the band B on which the eye islocated. WVhen the band is under strain, the direction of the force applied tends to elongate the eye 0 and to allow the loop D to slip out of the socket or shoulder G. In practice, however, it is found that the quality and size of the wire used in making bale-ties of this de scription is sufficiently stiff and rigid to prevent the eye from elongating, and any strain to which it is likely to be subjected simply acts to draw the loop D iuto' closer contact with the shoulder G, and which,being formed of a double strand of wire, does not tend to cut or break the end or eye of the loop, as

is the case where the eye is formed of a single strand of wire.

I claim as my invention- 1. A bale-tie consisting of a wire bent upon itself at one end to form a loop, within which the doubled wire is located to form a circular eye, and said double wire bent backward to form a shoulder, upon which the eye of the loop bears when under strain, said eye adapted to receive the free or straight end of the band and be knotted or twisted to secure the tie, substantially as described.

2. A wire bale-tie made by bending one end of the band upon itself to formaloop, and passing the ends of the wire through the loop to form a circular eye, then bending the wires and twisting, for the purpose of forming a bearingv for the eye in the same plane as that in which the strain is applied, said eye being adapted to connect with the free end of the band, substantially as described.

3. In a wire bale-tie, consisting of a loop on one end of the band, adapted to receive the straight end of the band, said eye formed by bending the wire upon itself to form a loop by inserting the ends of the wire within the eye of the loop, and bending to form a shoulder, upon which the loop rests, and securing the end of the wires beyond the loop by twisting them upon themselves, substantially as described.

4. A bale-tie fastener consisting of a wire band which is doubled at one end and bent to form a loop, the said loop being bent in such a manner as to include the strands of wire within it, said strands being bent backward and twisted to form a socket or shoulder, in which and on which the eye of the loop rests and bears, said eye so formed adapted to receive and connect with the free end of the band, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

it bears, and twisting the ends of the strands.

together, the said eye receiving and connecting with the free end of the band.

6. A wire bale-tie of one piece of wire, having an eye on one end formed by doubling the wire upon itself and then bending the double portion to form a locked eye, said eye being adapted to connect with the free end of the band to secure the tie, substantially as described.

7. A bale-tie consisting of a wire bent upon itself to form a loop, through which the ends of the wire are passed to forma circular eye, then bent backward to form a shoulder, on which the loop bears, and finally twisted, said eye adapted to receive the free end of the wire and be secured, substantially as described.

8. In a bale-tie, the combination of thefree or straight end of the wire Awith the end of the wire 13, having the eye 0 at its extremity, said eye 0 being adapted to receive the free end A, which is twisted to secure the tie, substantially as described.

9. A wire bale-tie bent, locked, and twisted at one end to form the eye 0, said eye being adapted to receive the straight end of the band to secure the tie, substantially as described.

LEMUEL E. EVANS.

Witnesses:

GEO. H'. BENJAMIN, W. A. FRENCH. 

